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Research Notes & Special Studies by the Historian's Office

Research Note #22Locations of Signings of Social Security-Related Legislation

(Note: This is not a complete list of all enacted Social Security-related
legislation.)

Date of Enactment

P.L.
No.

Description

8-14-1935

74-271

Social Security Act of 1935

Signed into law by President Roosevelt in the Cabinet
Room of the White House

8-11-1939

76-379

Social Security Amendments of 1939

Signed into law by President Roosevelt at Hyde
Park, New York

8-28-1950

81-374

Social Security Amendments of 1950

Signed into law by President Truman in Washington,
at the White House

9-1-1954

83-761

Social Security Amendments of 1954

Signed into law by President Eisenhower at Byers
Peak Ranch near Fraser, Colorado

8-1-1956

84-840

Social Security Amendments of 1956

Signed into law by President Eisenhower in Washington,
at the White House

8-28-1958

85-840

Social Security Amendments of 1958

Signed into law by President Eisenhower in Washington,
at the White House

6-30-1961

87-64

Social Security Amendments 1961

Signed into law by President Kennedy in Washington,
in the Oval Office

7-30-1965

89-97

Social Security Amendments of 1965

Signed into law by President Johnson at the
Harry Truman Presidential Library in Independence, Missouri

1-2-1968

90-248

Social Security Amendments of 1967

Signed into law by President Johnson in San
Antonio, Texas

10-30-1972

92-603

Social Security Amendments of 1972

Signed into law by President Nixon at the White
House

7-9-1973

93-66

Cost-of-living Increase in Social Security

Signed on a day that President
Nixon returned to Washington from San
Clemente, California (signing announced
two days later in Washington).
It is unclear whether the bill was signed in California, aboard Air Force One, or at the White House upon the President’s
return.

12-20-1977

95-216

Social Security Amendments of 1977

Signed into law by President Carter in
the Indian Treaty Room of the
Old Executive Office
Building

4-20-1983

98-21

Social Security Amendments of 1983

Signed into law by President Reagan on the South
Lawn of the White House

10/9/1984

98-460

Disability Benefits Reform Act

Signed by President Reagan in the Rose Garden

11-5-1990

101-508

OBRA 1990

Signed into law by President George H.W. Bush
at the White House Rose

8/15/1994

103-296

Independent Agency & Program Improvement

Signed into law by President Clinton in the
White House Rose Garden

10-31-1994

103-432

Social Security Act Amendments of 1994

Signed into law by President Clinton in the White
House

8-22-1996

104-193

Welfare Reform

Signed into law by President Clinton in the
White House Rose Garden

8/5/1997

105-33

Balanced Budget Act of 1997

Signed into law by President Clinton in the
White House

12-17-1999

106-170

Ticket to Work

Signed into law by President Clinton in Washington,
DC at the FDR Memorial

4/7/2000

106-182

Senior Citizens Freedom to Work Act

Signed into law by President Clinton in Washington,
DC in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building

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